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Quantum Error Correction with Imperfect Gates

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Quantum error correction can be performed fault-tolerantly This allows to store a quantum state intact (with arbitrary small error probability) for arbitrary long time at a constant decoherence rate.

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  1. L.D.Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, 117940, Kosygina St. 2, Moscow, 117940, Russia

    A. Yu. Kitaev

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  1. Tamagawa University, Machida, Tokyo, Japan

    O. Hirota

  2. Steklov Mathematical Institute, Moscow, Russia

    A. S. Holevo

  3. University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

    C. M. Caves

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Kitaev, A.Y. (1997). Quantum Error Correction with Imperfect Gates. In: Hirota, O., Holevo, A.S., Caves, C.M. (eds) Quantum Communication, Computing, and Measurement. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5923-8_19

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